Crumpets

This type of crumpet available in the UK, is a tasty little low fat snack.  Fantastic toasted, fairly bland untoasted, it works well with butter or jam – that’s not very low fat so I can suggest other toppings such as cottage cheese or lean ham.  Great breakfast treat!

Low fat omelette.

Actually, this isn’t that low fat, but it’s tasty and good for you.

2 eggs, beaten.

Slice some red onion, mushrooms and green peppers diced – all small/thin.  Optional extras – ham or smoked sausage!

Heat the pan, get it hot, pour the eggs in and turn the heat down to medium.

Add the rest of the ingredients, make it like a pizza.  I like smoked sausage.  Sprinkle with salt and chilli powder.  OK, now for the bad bit (or non low-fat bit), add some grated cheddar.  For lower fat add mozarella.  You don’t need too much.

Fold the omelette in half…let it cook for a minute.  I then divide into 1/2 again so I can flip over and I just turn the pan heat off and let sit for 1 minute.  Voila, tasty and good for you!

Fried egg….without the fat.

Fried eggs just have a bad rep.

My method means getting the pan nice and hot, almost smoking.  Make sure it’s a very good non stick expensive type.

1 tablespoon upwards of oil.

Spread it out.

Crack 3 or 4 eggs into the pan.

Then turn the heat to low.

Once the egg white is almost cooked, flip eggs over carefully using a flipper.  Try to flip two over and the other two will go with them.  Or cut/serperate then flip 2 at a time. 

Turn the gas off immediately.  Let to sit for 1-2 minutes for runny or 4 minutes for full cook (yuk!).

Classic Greek salad with avocado

You’ll need

1/2 cucumber

1 small red onion

tomatoes

pitted olives (just a few)

chop the cucumber, tomatoes, onion finely.

2 avocados

Salt.

then add the rest.

add 2 tablespoons of malt vinegar and a generous amount of olive oil.

mix.

You can also add feta cheese or some red/green peppers in small quantities to this.

My favourite salad for sure!

Trying to find low fat meals…

I eat mostly low fat, but I find it infuriating that it’s nigh impossible to find tasty low fat recipes on the Net.

 Therefore this blog!

I would point out that the best way to a low-fat meal that tastes good is a generous dose of salt for sauces.  But more on that later…this is just the first post to establish ‘blog direction’!!!